Meet Our Team | Charlestowne Hotels

Notable Experience

• Lead financial operator across the portfolio, overseeing strategic planning, budgeting, and performance analysis to support continued success and operational excellence
• Previously served as VP of Finance for a hotel brand specializing in collegiate markets and a hospitality management company specializing in boutique and lifestyle brands

Who is your dream travel companion?
Gotta go with the tried and true, my husband. But also, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler would be pretty great to travel with, no shortage of laughs there.

What is the best food you’ve had on a trip?
Shrimp tacos and a mojito in a little surf shack near Todos Santos, Mexico.

Where are you from?
I was born in Waco, Texas, but I am FROM Austin!

Notable Experience

• Oversee in-house team of food & beverage experts with a focus on delivering exceptional experiences, driving revenue and maximizing profit

• Previously served as the corporate director of food & beverage for Vision Hospitality Group

• Received awards for “Lodging Manager of the Year” from the Greater Nashville Hospitality Association, “Department Manager of the Year” from Vision Hospitality Group and recognition on Hotel Management Magazine’s “Thirty Under 30” list

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
There are some hidden gems in the Appalachian mountain towns of Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina. Some of my favorite place in the country!

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"Above all, you want to create something you're proud of." - Richard Branson

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
I love experiencing new and unique culinary creations, so I don't know if I could pick a single meal. I do know I would choose my wife and kids to sit at the table and enjoy that meal with me!

Notable Experience

• Lead human resource generalist focused on legal compliance, benefits administration, employee relations and other portfolio-wide initiatives such as learning & development and talent management

• Industry experience includes sales, catering, accounting, human resources and recruitment

• Hotel transition experience that includes brands, ownership and renovations & repositioning

What animal do you think most closely matches your personality?
A chipmunk

If you could switch places with one person for a day, who would it be?
Kate Middleton, because who wouldn't want to be a princess for a day!

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” - John F Kennedy

Notable Experience

• Trusted to provide day-to-day accounting operations for 9 properties across the Charlestowne Hotels portfolio

• Graduated top of class from Robert Morris University, a Center for Actuarial Excellence, with a degree in Hospitality Accounting

• Seasoned Accountant with over 8 years of relative hospitality experience

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Russia

Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
Hockey

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
A mountain town

Notable Experience

• Oversee accounts payables

• Management of several 'self-owned' businesses

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Galápagos Islands

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
Tropical Island

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with?
Bear Grylls

Notable Experience

• Acting general manager for properties in transition

• CHA-certified leader with over ten years of hotel management for branded and independent properties

• A Marriott hotel opening and renovation specialist

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Tel Aviv

If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Dark Blue by Jack's Mannequin

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
The perfect trip would be a combination of all three, but my happy place is the ocean!

Notable Experience

• Maintain and elevate brand identity for each property while aligning with the overarching creative strategy of the company
• Over a decade of experience in brand identity, packaging, content creation, motion graphics, and illustration

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Japan, starting with Tokyo

Who is your dream travel companion?
My dog!

What is the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?
Kiev, Ukraine

Notable Experience

• Responsible for pricing and rate strategy guidance to maximize revenue for hotels in a variety of markets
• Extensive background in handling group business

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Iceland & Scandinavia

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
Mountain town

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do it" Dean Smith

Notable Experience

• Responsible for accounts payable, vendor management and corporate invoices and expenses
• Previously managed accounts payable and accounts receivable at a private golf course

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Greece

Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
I love to play Mahjong with my girlfriends!

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
A New City

Notable Experience

• Support the budgeting and forecasting process at both the corporate and property levels
• Experience in public accounting across various industries

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Cornwall, England

What is the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?
Jamaica

Who is your dream travel companion?
My husband, Aaron

Notable Experience

• Oversee operations for the company's hotels and restaurants in the Charleston market

• Previous experience with other hotel management companies in a variety of operational leadership roles

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
New Zealand

Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
I love going to concerts because live music brings me joy!

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with?
Robert Downey Jr. or Anthony Bourdain

Notable Experience:

• Daily cash management, bank reconciliations and weekly check selections for properties across the Charlestowne Hotels portfolio
• Assist, guide and train property staff with accounting related tasks and processes
• Eight years of experience in the hospitality field with focuses on operations and accounting

If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Aqua Regia by Sleep Token

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Mid-rare ribeye steak with a caesar salad and baked potato

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy (or girl) who'll decide where to go" - Dr. Seuss

Notable Experience

• Develop strategic marketing campaigns and annual budgets to support revenue growth and brand positioning goals for our hotels and restaurants

• Marketing and public relations experience in the hospitality industry that also includes products, chef personalities and real estate

• Previously served as marketing manager for Montage Palmetto Bluff

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
French Riviera

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
Tropical Island

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou

Notable Experience

• CEO of Charlestowne Hotels from 1980 to 2020.

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
New city.

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
“Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.” - Will Rogers

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with? Winston Churchill

Notable Experience

• Extensive leadership background in independent, lifestyle, resort and luxury environments
• Led performance function for multiple organizations, including guest experience and financial optimization

If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A medium-rare ribeye with port-soaked mushrooms paired with a hearty red wine

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"We choose to do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because it will measure the best of our energies and skills" John F. Kennedy

Notable Experience

• Train property team members on the company's accounting system

• Hospitality experience includes maintenance, front desk, accounting and general manager

• Opened the first Candlewood Suites in South Carolina

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Russia in the winter to ride a carriage in the snow, wearing a big fur coat!

Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
I love to read all kinds of books

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"Don't fudge the number."

Notable Experience

• Lead operations on hotel developments, transitions and major company projects

• Oversees development and execution of portfolio-wide protocols, including service standards, inter-department collaboration, creative hotel programming and amenities

• Previously served as general manager for multiple properties

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Tortellini Michelangelo

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
New Zealand

What's your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"Every champion was a contender who refused to give up"- Rocky Balboa

Notable Experience

• Lead hotel development projects, transitions and new openings

• Previously served as an operations leader in Beverly Hills, Park City and at Palmetto Bluff

• Opening team for luxury brand in Park City

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Visiting Switzerland is high on the list and will hopefully be a near future trip!

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
Mountain Town – love the seasonality, access to the outdoors and scenery, community feel, and overall lifestyle.

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
I'm a big fan of Nachos! You can change them up and have so many different variations that they never get “stale” =)

Notable Experience

• Manage the strategic development of marketing plans, annual budgets, and brand initiatives that drive revenue growth and elevate guest experiences across a diverse portfolio of properties
• Extensive marketing experience in brand development, campaign strategy, and creative execution for high-profile individuals and luxury hospitality brands

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
BANFF Canada or Scotland

Where am I from?
Saline, Michigan

What is the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?
Charlevoix, Michigan in the summer; the top of McAfee’s Knob in Blacksburg, VA during the fall

Notable Experience

• Responsible for day-to-day accounting operations including daily cash management and monthly financial reporting across properties in the Charlestowne Hotels portfolio
• Previously served as a tax accountant with experience across various industries

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Copenhagen, Denmark

Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
Running marathons

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Pasta!!!

Notable Experience

• Brings 20+ years of hospitality experience with extensive work in luxury and lifestyle hotels and resorts
• Leads hotel openings, operational turnarounds, and transitions
• Builds high-performing teams and delivers exceptional guest experiences

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Barcelona

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
City

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"Your attitude, not aptitude, will determine your altitude"

Notable Experience 

• Oversee marketing strategy and campaign planning and the development of revenue-driving tactics for the entire portfolio

• Digital marketing manager for world-wide luxury brand

• Account Manager for Digital Agency

What animal do you think most closely matches your personality?
An alpaca, because they are fun-loving, love to eat, and are happy to frolic around outside!

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” - Maya Angelou

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with?
I would love to travel through New Mexico with Georgia O'Keeffe. We would drink espresso and talk about the inspiration behind her art!

Notable Experience

• Provide experiential and lifestyle food & beverage leadership via curated strategy and support.

• Previously served as executive chef and task force chef for multiple properties

• Led multiple hotel restaurant openings

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Germany

Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
I’ve got a bit of a green thumb!

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

Notable Experience

• Lead collegiate-owned assets, with a focus on university/college goals and objectives

• Previously served as financial controller, director of operations and in food & beverage roles for major destination resort

• Experience with multiple task force roles, transitions, renovations and openings

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
The Central Valley of Chile to sample all of the incredible wine. My husband and I are always looking for new cities to explore. We rarely go back to the same area twice because there is always new food, new shops, new adventures to find!

If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with?
I always loved watching Samantha Brown on the Travel Channel and would love to take a trip with her!

Notable Experience

• Dedicated to Charlestowne Hotels for over 13 years and has experience in every discipline, from Analyst to Manager, to Director, to Vice President

• Support and lead hotels in the onboarding, takeover process, as well as be the revenue lead for active hotels within the portfolio

• Work collaboratively with corporate revenue team members to meet or exceed the portfolio’s financial goals

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
50/50 between a tropical island or mountain town

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Tacos

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with?
Coach Shane Beamer

Notable Experience

• Oversee the implementation of marketing campaigns to promote business products & services for our company's hotels

• Specialize in social media management by developing, implementing and managing strategy to improve visibility, marketing and sales efforts

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Champagne, France

Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
I enjoy picking up fresh flowers and arranging them myself. Flowers have a long-term positive effect on moods!

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with?
Lisa Vanderpump #PumpRules

Notable Experience

• Lead the accounting team on new development and transition properties

• Support the budgeting and forecasting process at both the corporate and property levels

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Reykjavik, Iceland

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
A tropical island

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Tacos

Notable Experience:

• Assist the revenue team with hotel reporting and data collection
• Previously worked in the financial compliance industry

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Athens, Greece

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
A tropical island

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"I've been trying to live my life so that in the hour of my death I would rather feel joy, than fear" - Wiltold Pilecki

Notable Experience

• Oversee the corporate revenue management team, industry trends and relationships with strategic distribution, sales and technology partners

• Oversee the implementation, growth and support of all information technology initiatives for the corporate office and all properties.

• Previously served as director of revenue optimization for major destination resort

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Australia, Italy & an African Safari in no particular order!

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"When you stay ready, you never have to get ready" - Alex Toussaint

Notable Experience

• Oversee the processes for multistate payrolls covering both bi-weekly and weekly schedules for the entire portfolio

• Hospitality experience includes guest services, human resources, accounting and payroll

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Galápagos Islands

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with?
Anthony Bourdain

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
A tropical island. Between the sand and the surf, islands just call for me!

Notable Experience

• Manage the day-to-day production and workflow for creative, web and marketing projects for our hotels in conjunction with external vendors

• Marketing and project management experience at Digital Agencies

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
A new city

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with? Jennifer Coolidge

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"How you do anything is how you do everything."

Notable Experience

• Control the ultimate financial oversight for hotel owners and lead core business functions such as legal, insurance and development

• Controller for major resort destination

• Accounting manager for multiple firms

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Israel

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
Mountain Town

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Tacos

Notable Experience

• Oversee sales strategy and performance across each property, driving revenue growth, mentoring teams, and increasing overall production across the portfolio
• Experience spans revenue management, sales, and operations for similar hotel management companies

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
I love exploring as many places as possible, I want to hit every continent as my bucket list item (even Antarctica!)

What is the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?
Scotland is such a beautiful and amazing place, the land and the people. I can’t wait to go back and see more.

What is the best food you’ve had on a trip?
Truffle ramen at Momofuku in Las Vegas

Notable Experience

• Lead the implementation and creation of marketing process to ensure smooth and efficient execution

• Project manager for multiple e-commerce organizations

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Greece or Japan

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
A tropical island

What animal do you think most closely matches your personality?
Labrador Retriever

Notable Experience

• Lead pricing and rate strategies for a number of hotels in markets ranging from beach to collegiate

• Previously served a variety of roles at multipe beach-centric hotels

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Alaska

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Chipotle

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end" - Larry Bird

Notable Experience

• Develop campaign strategies, assemble annual budgets, and support operational marketing needs to bolster overall property performance

• Previous experience as a Brand Strategist at an Austin-based marketing agency

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
I've always wanted to visit the Swiss Alps in the summertime!

What is the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?
Portofino, hands down!

What is the best food you’ve had on a trip?
I'm such a foodie, this one is hard, but I'm going to go with a lobster roll from Red's Eats in Wiscasset, Maine. I'm not a big seafood person, so this says a lot.

Notable Experience

• Responsible for the strategic development of marketing campaigns and annual budgets that support revenue growth and brand positioning goals for our hotels and restaurants

• Previously served as marketing manager for luxury lifestyle hotel

• Marketing experience in Hospitality and E-Commerce

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Island hopping in Greece

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island, or mountain town?
A tropical island

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken." - Oscar Wilde

Notable Experience

• Oversee the in-house marketing team with a focus on digital marketing, advertising, e-commerce, branding and creative development

• Account director at Saatchi & Saatchi

• Corporate director of marketing for Belmond and Joie de Vivre

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." - Michael Jordan

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
100% mountain town

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with?
"It has to be a package deal." - Bob Marley and Jerry Garcia

Notable Experience

• Lead the operations team with a focus on guest experience, operational efficiency and owner profitability

• Innkeeper for nationally recognized award winning Inn

• Previously served operational roles for Avocet Properties, Kiawah Island, The Hermitage and Disney

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." Steve Jobs

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Any carb. Pasta, pizza, doesn't matter. The more carbs the better.

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
Mountain Town

Notable Experience

• Oversee information technology solutions and infrastructure with a focus on enhancing guest experiences, cyber security and driving operational efficiency

• Drive strategic growth for the company's ever-evolving tech stack and road map, deployment of new software & systems and continued opportunities for innovation

• Create resources for team member education on information technology best practices surrounding key industry topics, including information security and data integrity

Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
Yes

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Okonomiyaki

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"Man in the Arena" - Theodore Roosevelt

Notable Experience

• Execute design for our hotels and restaurants

• Previously served as a graphic designer at various studios, advertising agencies and nonprofits

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Netherlands in the summer!

If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Island in the Sun - Weezer

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Bacon, egg and cheese bagel

Notable Experience

• Oversee all aspects of marketing related projects and campaign requests, from conception to launch

• Experience in hospitality, marketing, and project management, most notably with AMAC - Association of Mature American Citizens

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Any beach to watch a sea turtle hatching!

Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
I love 4x4 off-roading, on all types of terrain!

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - Wayne Gretzky

Notable Experience

• Provide assistance to individual food & beverage operations at our properties with a focus on proper staffing and training

• Previously served as food & beverage director and GM at multiple hotels in top 10 DMA

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
It would be Iceland to see the northern lights!

Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
I was a professional country singer

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with?
Garth Brooks

Notable Experience

• Provide strategic revenue leadership on all complex assets ranging from destination resorts to high-end city hotels

• Previously served as director of catering and convention services at multiple hotels & resorts

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Iceland

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Local seafood

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Will Durant

Notable Experience

• Lead marketing strategy for our hotels and restaurants in a variety of markets to drive brand awareness and revenue production

• Project manager & marketing strategy for clients in the food & beverage, hospitality and real estate industries

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Machu Picchu

If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
This would be torture for me!

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with?
Anthony Bourdain

Notable Experience

• Handles day-to-day marketing account management and campaign development for our hotels and their outlets

• Extensive marketing, PR, and design experience across Independent and Full-Service Brand Hotels

• Passionate about collaborating with sales and catering teams to drive revenue and lead generation

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
The Azores Islands in Portugal during hydrangea season.

What is the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?
Aruba

Who is your dream travel companion?
My husband - we've already road-tripped through 44 states together.

Notable Experience

• Provides revenue analysis and support for our hotels

• Operations experience at lifestyle hotels & resorts

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Bordeaux, France

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
A mountain town

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler." - Henry David Thoreau

Notable Experience

• Develops tactical and strategic initiatives to maximize revenue for our hotels

• Extensive hotel sales experience in the Charleston market

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Lake Como, Italy

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Truffle fries

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel" - Maya Angelo

Notable Experience

• Manage and execute design initiatives for Charlestowne Hotels corporate brand and our hotels and restaurants

• Previously served as graphic designer for luxury publications

• Experience in editorial design, marketing design, creative direction and print production

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Amalfi Coast, Italy

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Cacio e Pepe

Notable Experience

• Lead a diverse set of properties encompassing independent and branded assets as well as condominium-style hotels

• Extensive experience at major hotel companies in a number of different positions

• Oversaw a portfolio of three ski resorts

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Munich for Oktoberfest!

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
A new city

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." - Walt Disney

Notable Experience

• Responsible for direct recruiting efforts for corporate and hotel salaried managers in conjunction with operational leadership

• Previously served as human resources and payroll manager at lifestyle hotel

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Cabo San Lucas

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with?
Guy Fieri, to experience all the diners, drive-ins and dives!

What's your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"If you can dream it, you can do it." - Walt Disney

Notable Experience

• Direct and ensure the efficient administration and management of the Guest Service functions across the portfolio

• Stabilize property operations with a focus on providing onsite support for the two most important components of hotel management - our guests and our employees

If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
This Life - Vampire Weekend

If you could eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A caprese salad, preferably made with burrata and really fresh tomatoes!

What's your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." - Mahatma Gandhi

Notable Experience:

• Support day-to-day accounting operations including daily cash management and monthly financial reporting across properties in the Charlestowne Hotels portfolio
• Previously served as a Fixed Cost Analyst for a diverse portfolio of corporations

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
New Zealand

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
A mountain town

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Pasta, pasta, pasta!

Notable Experience

• Drives operational excellence by building strong ownership partnerships and high-performing teams
• Brings extensive leadership experience across full-service, lifestyle, and luxury hotel portfolios
• Mentors the next generation of hotel leaders and builds award-winning teams

What's your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better." - Bill Bradley

Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
I'm a serious gardener — if you can't find me on property, I'm probably elbow-deep in dirt at home.

If you could switch places with one person for a day, who would it be?
Abraham Lincoln. I'd love to sit in the room during one of history's toughest leadership tests and see firsthand how he led with conviction under that kind of pressure.

Notable Experience

• Directed culinary strategy across globally recognized luxury brands, including Autograph Collection, JW Marriott, and InterContinental Hotels, across multiple international markets

• Award-winning chef with experience across Mexico, Asia, and the U.S., bringing over 15 years in Michelin-starred restaurants and luxury hotels

• Competed on Food Network’s Beat Bobby Flay

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Italy

Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
I am a brazilian jiu jitsu brown belt active competitor with gold medals in IBJJF

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
In true creativity 1+1 never equals 2... it becomes 3...

Notable Experience

• Responsible for high-level administrative support to the founder, including scheduling, organization, account maintenance and project management, while providing confidentiality and security of the company's assets

• Experience in accounting, procurement, global logistics and product development

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
The great barrier reef in Australia

Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
I love snorkeling and boogie boarding!

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
A tropical island

Notable Experience:

• Execute marketing campaign requests from inception to launch
• Previously worked as an Account Manager for a full-service marketing agency

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Greece

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
A new city to try the local cuisine!

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"What is meant to be, will be."

Notable Experience

• Established hospitality strategist with 20+ years of global experience across domestic and international markets.
• Proven leader in building brands and elevating market positioning through expertise in lifestyle properties, turnarounds, and pre-openings.
• Led award winning properties focused on guest experience and F&B concepts.

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
Japan

Would you rather discover a new city, tropical island or mountain town?
City

What’s your favorite famous or inspirational quote?
"Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution."

Notable Experience

• Graduated from the Honors College at the College of Charleston and was selected as a Schottland Scholar
• Completed internships with Kiawah Island Golf Resort and Lennar Homes

What destination is at the top of your bucket list?
London, to go see a Chelsea soccer game!

Choose one famous person or celebrity to travel with?
Adam Sandler

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Chicken Parmesan & Caesar Salad